Who is the British royal family member
at the center of the sex and cocaine scandal?
It's not Charles, Edward, or even Harry
but Viscount David Linley,
son of the late Princess Margaret,
twelfth in line to the throne.
Sex, drugs and silence from the palace The first royal blackmail plot in a century
Viscount Linley, Son Of Princess Margaret,
Reported As Royal Blackmail Target [Original]
Who is the British royal family member at the center of the sex and cocaine scandal? It's not Charles, Edward, or even Harry but Viscount David Linley, son of the late Princess Margaret, twelfth in line to the throne, sources tell Radar.
His story is blowing up the British papers today, but British law prohibits any of them from naming the hard-partying royal.
As the tale goes, two men demanded £50,000 from 45-year-old Linley in return for footage allegedly showing a royal aide talking of gay sex with him.
The aide is also allegedly seen on a video tape taking cocaine from an envelope embossed with Linley's name.
After receiving the threat, Linley called the police who arrested the two men in a sting operation at the London Hilton in Park Lane. The veracity of their claims is still unclear.
Linley, whose mother was the queen's sister, is viewed as one of the few royals to have a successful career.
His father is the English photographer Lord Snowdon Linley—real name David Armstrong-Jones—the chairman of Christie's auction house and a highly successful furniture and interior design manufacturer.
Linley's clients include Elton John, Oprah Winfrey, and Mick Jagger. He designed a 60-foot boardroom table for the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as several yachts for Arabian clients.
He's often in New York generating business for Christie's, though the auction house say they are distinctly nervous at the prospect of his name becoming involved with the scandal.
He married aristocrat Serena Stanhope in 1993 and the pair have two children.
In 1990, Linley took the unusual step, for a royal, of suing a British tabloid, the now defunct Today, over a story accusing him of rowdy behavior in a London pub. He was awarded £30,000 in damages.
Last year it was revealed that William Banks-Blaney, an Irish salesman working in Linley's London furniture store had broken up the marriage of Gregory Barker, a prominent conservative politician.
The Royal Family...Going Down
Two British socialites who have hung out at London nightclubs with Prince William and Prince Harry are in prison without bail after legal proceedings held in total secrecy (without any public record).
They've been accused of trying to blackmail a member of the British Royal Family. Could be male or female. With veddy Blue Blood. Let's just call him a "Blue-ish Princess".
As revealed above, the Royal in question is the Queen's raffish nephew Viscount Linley. Son of the Queen's deceased party-gal sister Princess Margaret and her bi-coastal ex-husband Lord Snowden.
Linley trained as a carpenter -- insert your own woodie jokes here -- and is supposedly a chip off both of the old blocks.)
Apparently the alleged blackmailers had a video tape of an aide to the Royal chopping up cocaine with a Harrods charge card and snorting it together with the boss. And then -- for afters -- the member of the British royal family apparently gives oral sex to his servant.
Talk about perks ...
Perhaps the Royal "Princess" was a fan of the 1963 Dirk Bogarde film The Servant -- or living out one of Sting's catchier couplets "I will turn your face to alabaster/ When you find your servant is your master" ("Wrapped Around Your Finger" - The Police 1983).
Given that most members of the British Royal family are as thick as two short planks and the family has the collective IQ and cultural awareness of a three-year-old immature cucumber -- I suspect that the Royal in question just likes a bit of "rough." And there's nothing quite so egalitarian as serving the help.
(Alas the sex act itself isn't on tape. Just the aide bragging about being "serviced" by his master.)
The British press would like to tell you the name of the Royal but the court has issued a (wait for it) "Gagging Order!"
Quite.
It is in times like this that we satirists feel a sense of despair.
How can we possibly come up with lines (with or without a Harrods charge card) as funny as the reality of the British Royal family disgracing itself?
They make the Osbournes, Lohans, Hiltons and Spears/K-Fed families look like models of probity.
Suffice to say that -- just as the Royals were starting to make a comeback after the dreadful shenanigans of the past few years -- yet again a member of the Royal family has blown it ...
One-Third of Americans Live with “Extreme Stress”
One in three adults in the US regularly contend with extremely high levels of stress, resulting in problems with their health, relationships, and work, according to a new national survey.Economic troubles are the driving force of stress for ordinary Americans, who reported money, workload, and housing expenses among their most stressful concerns.
Cruising The Wall Street Journal’s Op-Ed Page
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page is the ideological headwaters for far-right fanaticism in the US. It is less of a forum for open debate than it is a breeding ground for noxious ideas that undermine democratic institutions. Every weekday, there’s a whole new slate of extremist opinion pieces defending one absurdity or another.California Fires, Iraqi Conflagration: Guess which One Gets More Coverage [Clip]
As the California fires rage and millions of Americans are displaced, the US media has mobilized, devoting almost all their coverage to the event. But what about coverage of another serious displacement issue: Iraqi refugees? Watch as we explore the US coverage vs. world coverage of these two very different groups of refugeesCheney's Plan for Iran Attack Starts With Israeli Missile Strike
US Vice President Dick Cheney -- the power behind the throne, the eminence grise, the man with the (very) occasional grandfatherly smile -- is notorious for his propensity for secretiveness and behind-the-scenes manipulation.Fucking & Feminism
Ladies, be warned: Your pussies are causing the downfall of society. If we keep posing for nude photos, sucking cock (and enjoying it), our hard-won feminist gains will disappear, according to the latest generation of scolds and alarmists.America's Fascist Hate Campaign Against Islam
Right-wing and neo-conservative forces heading the Islamophobic crusade reflect a deeply rooted racist demonisation of Muslim communities that, if not challenged, will consolidate the racist demagoguery as a “legitimate” part of public discourse.Maureen Dowd Demolishes the Bush Regime's "War on Iran" Words
Norman Podhoretz, one of the founding fathers of neo-conservatism [now one of Giuliani's advisors], has urged Bush to bomb Iran, saying: "You have the awesome responsibility to prevent another holocaust. You are the only one with the guts to do it."Paul Krugman on America's Right-Wing Media
It's obvious that there are several major parts of the news media that are for all practical purposes part of "movement conservatism" - Fox News, the New York Post, the Washington Times. Most other news media are intimidated by the right wing.Last Week's Front Page Photo Stories
Confronting Condi Rice: "The Blood of Millions of Iraqis Is on Your Hands"California Fires: Don't Fuck with Nature
Does the Lady Give Head?
California Fires: Burn the Rich!
Gaunt Is Gorgeous?
Deviant Sex
Lap Dancers "On Heat" Get Bigger Tips
First, Iraq; Now, Iran: Are We So Gullible?
The demonization of Iran drags on relentlesslyScores of middle-aged, mild-mannered,bearded gentlemen - the technocrats of the Iranian military bourgeoisie - are now officially enjoying the status of "terrorists", at least from Bush's perspective.